Effective today, TOM will give free access to their real-time derivatives market data to clients of Interactive Brokers and the Dutch brokers working with IB’s platform (Lynx, Todays, Traders Only). Other brokers already offered the data for free. According to the press release, investors can save as much as €37 per month. Nice – but it’sRead more
Euronext will introduce options on Bill Ackman’s hedgefund Pershing Square. His hedgefund did an IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam last October. Can’t remember why exactly he decided to go for Amsterdam. Maybe wanted to open the exchange during his holiday trip. As of May 29th options on Pershing Square Holding will be open for trading. OptionsRead more
Half a year ago I reported on the clash between DeGiro and Binck, with respect to the not-so-smart order router from TOM. See DeGiro trashes TOM and Flash Boy Binck ignores law of holes. Few months later TOM decided to shut down their stock trading venue. Assumed that would be the end of the story.Read more
Time for the famous Financial Football tournament. Saturday June 6th the event will be held again. As always the 7-a-side matches will be played just outside Amsterdam in the little city of Abcoude, on the fields of FC Abcoude. It’s amazing the tournament has never been skipped in the last twelve years, somehow Bennington (Ferry Boekholt) hasRead more
Last month HIQ Invest Market Neutral Fund lost an astonishing 12,1%. That’s even worse than the month of March (-8,56%). Losing over 20% in two months is nothing short of a disaster for hedge funds. The results over 2014 haven’t been very positive either (-15,62%). Troubled times ahead for the sister of DeGiro (same owners).Read more
